Accession number
PML 88289
Published
London : E. Wallis, Skinner Street, [ca. 1840]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
A conjurer's blow-book, with 7 different hand-colored full page engravings, each repeated 12 times. Each picture can be made to appear or vanish by flipping the pages in various ways.
Date from Gumuchian.
First and last leaves, with title & imprint information, and "Directions to the exhibitor," are pastedowns.
Engraved throughout.
Housed with PML 88290.
Includes pictures of a woman selling broadsheets, a parrot, a Highland infantryman, a mounted lancer, a steam-ship, a ballet dancer, and a man with a performing bear.
Date from Gumuchian.
First and last leaves, with title & imprint information, and "Directions to the exhibitor," are pastedowns.
Engraved throughout.
Housed with PML 88290.
Includes pictures of a woman selling broadsheets, a parrot, a Highland infantryman, a mounted lancer, a steam-ship, a ballet dancer, and a man with a performing bear.
Description
[98] p. : col. ill. ; 17 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's blind-stamped purple ribbon cloth binding and matching slip case, stamped in gold. In modern 1/4 black morocco case, stamped in gold: Enchanted Albums.
Classification
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